(Excerpts taken from Training and Resource Manual for the Special Juvenile Police Unit Training and Resource Manualfor the Special Juvenile Police Unit, Published by Karnataka State Police, Department of Women and Child Development and UNICEF, 2010)

IPC and other Local & Special Laws Pertaining to Crimes Against Children

While the primary focus of the JJA is to provide care and protection to children, Sections 21, 23 to 26 specifically provide for action against adult perpetrators of crimes against children.

Section 21 : Prohibition of publication of name, etc., of juvenile involved in any proceeding under the Act